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Definitions

bilious

[bil-yuhs] / ˈbɪl yəs /
ADJECTIVE
peaked
Synonyms
STRONG
ailing emaciated wan
WEAK
ill in bad shape peaky poorly sickly under the weather
Antonyms
WEAK
blushing colorful flushed healthy
ADJECTIVE
queasy
Synonyms
STRONGEST
anxious fidgety groggy restless sickly squeamish uncomfortable uneasy
WEAK
concerned green around gills ill ill at ease indisposed nauseated pukish qualmish rocky sick sick as a dog troubled uncertain under the weather unwell upset worried
Antonyms
STRONGEST
comfortable content happy
WEAK
healthy satisfied
ADJECTIVE
sallow
Synonyms
STRONG
dull jaundiced muddy pasty wan
WEAK
anemic ashen ashy colorless greenish-yellow pallid waxy yellowish
Antonyms
STRONG
bright clean clear flushed
WEAK
colorful dark healthy
ADJECTIVE
sickly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ailing cranky feeble infirm lackluster
WEAK
below par delicate diseased down dragging faint in poor health indisposed laid low languid low mean off-color out of action out of shape pallid peaked peaky pining poorly rocky run down seedy sickish unhealthy wan weak
Antonyms
STRONGEST
healthy hearty sound strong
WEAK
fine well
ADJECTIVE
sickly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
morose
WEAK
cloying insalubrious mawkish morbid nauseating noisome noxious sick unwholesome
Antonyms
WEAK
fine nice wholesome
ADJECTIVE
wan
Synonyms
STRONG
blanched bleached dim discolored faint haggard pale pasty peaked white worn
WEAK
anemic ashen ashy bloodless cadaverous feeble forceless ghastly ineffective ineffectual livid pallid sickly washed-out waxen
Antonyms
STRONG
blushing bright clear colorful distinct flushed fresh healthy strong

Example Sentences

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Color is a bilious miasma, golden tones sliding into flashes of brightness that collapse into queasy hues.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

Washed in an unappetizing sludge of grayish green, the movie aims for serious and settles on bilious.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

But her rhetoric can be just as bilious, if not more so.

From Washington Post • Sep. 27, 2022

The plant grew to shrublike proportions and, for more months of the year than not, was adorned with slightly bilious Pepto-pink flowers.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 6, 2022

He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye and flabby cheeks.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

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